diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index b8c63e5bbe011..5d5d1f27589fc 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -170,6 +170,5 @@
 	},
 	"css.format.spaceAroundSelectorSeparator": true,
 	"inlineChat.mode": "live",
-	"typescript.enablePromptUseWorkspaceTsdk": true,
-	"typescript.tsserver.experimental.useVsCodeWatcher": true
+	"typescript.enablePromptUseWorkspaceTsdk": true
 }
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
index 45dbbb1cfc1cc..4c8a54d8f3956 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
@@ -1177,10 +1177,7 @@
         "typescript.tsserver.experimental.useVsCodeWatcher": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "description": "%configuration.tsserver.useVsCodeWatcher%",
-          "default": false,
-          "tags": [
-            "experimental"
-          ]
+          "default": true
         },
         "typescript.tsserver.watchOptions": {
           "type": "object",
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/configuration/configuration.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/configuration/configuration.ts
index 5eec0b636644d..a08ca921e0ce6 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/configuration/configuration.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/configuration/configuration.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export interface TypeScriptServiceConfiguration {
 	readonly enableProjectDiagnostics: boolean;
 	readonly maxTsServerMemory: number;
 	readonly enablePromptUseWorkspaceTsdk: boolean;
-	readonly useVsCodeWatcher: boolean;
+	readonly useVsCodeWatcher: boolean; // TODO@bpasero remove this setting eventually
 	readonly watchOptions: Proto.WatchOptions | undefined;
 	readonly includePackageJsonAutoImports: 'auto' | 'on' | 'off' | undefined;
 	readonly enableTsServerTracing: boolean;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/workspaceWatcher.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/workspaceWatcher.ts
index 17ac3761876d1..3cba8364293d8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/workspaceWatcher.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/workspaceWatcher.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ export class WorkspaceWatcher extends Disposable {
 			reason = 'ETERM';
 		}
 
-		// Log telemetry if we gathered a reason (TODO@bpasero remove me once the TS experiment is over)
+		// Log telemetry if we gathered a reason (logging it from the renderer
+		// allows us to investigate this situation in context of experiments)
 		if (reason) {
 			type WatchErrorClassification = {
 				owner: 'bpasero';